Essays about: "rural water schemes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words rural water schemes.

  1. 1. Att formge Norbergs platsidentitet : ett gestaltningsförslag för parkstråket längs med Norbergsån

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Stina Hjertén; Sara Westbom; [2023]
    Keywords : Platsidentitet; place identity; Edward Relph; John Montgomery; Norberg; kulturhistoriska värden; å-stråk;

    Abstract : Detta arbete handlar om att tolka en plats och som utomstående betraktare förstå dess identitet. Att tolka en plats handlar om att förstå vad som gör platsen speciell, därav syftar arbetet till att undersöka en platsidentitet, vad som kännetecknar den och hur den kan ta sig uttryck i en gestaltning. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of urban agriculture towards livelihood and food security : the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Alemayehu Getachew Anberbir; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban agriculture; livelihood; food security; Urbanization; Addis Ababa;

    Abstract : Urban agriculture plays a major role in providing food and income in cities. It also serves as a tool for poverty alleviation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Freja Milton; [2019]
    Keywords : Market-based instruments; environmental offsets; Payments for ecosystem services; PES; Brazil; bioplastic; biopolymer; sugarcane; certification; environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivations.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate change impacts on water resources of the Ganges : Suitable adaptation options for agriculture in the Indian-Himalayan region

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Hedvig Winther; [2017]
    Keywords : Climate change; water flows; Indian-Himalayan region; Ganges; adaptation; hydro-climatic modelling; stakeholder participatory methods; Klimatförändringar; vattenflöden; Indiska Himalaya; Ganges; anpassning; hydroklimatisk modellering; intressentdeltagande metoder;

    Abstract : Climate change is affecting several environmental factors and together with socio-economic changes put high pressure on water resources. Climate change manifest itself through increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns and intensities, with knock-on effects on hydrologically-relevant parameters such as water flows, evapotranspiration rates, glacial melt etcetera, all of which have already been observed in the recent past and are predicted to continue in the future. READ MORE

  6. 5. "L'eau c'est la vie": Seeking Sustainable Water Access and Community Participation in Rural Cameroon

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Eva Beal; [2016]
    Keywords : Cameroon; Tikar; community-based management; rural water schemes; functionality; handpumps; participation; institutional bricolage;

    Abstract : In the rural water scheme projects across sub-Saharan Africa, the participatory Community Based Management model has become the norm. Through initial financing by oustide funders, the goal is for communities to independently take on the financing of the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the improved water schemes, thereby ensuring sustainability and functionality of the pumps. READ MORE